Chapter 8: Where We Should Be Together

Hatsumi: I wasn't expecting you to bid me farewell.

Koyomi: Is there something wrong with that?

Hatsumi: Nope, I'm honestly glad. This is just coming from me but, You are one of the few actors who are able to stand alongside me.

Hatsumi: We may have differing opinions, but I still think of you as a friend.

Koyomi: To me, I still see you as a rival. I only see you as someone I exchange greetings with.

Koyomi: ......I was troubled when you were deciding on leaving.

Koyomi: I thought that you'd hated me or something......

Hatsumi: I don't hate you.

Hatsumi: I l know that you are a kind person at heart. You were concerned that I was acting like that back there, right?

Koyomi: I wasn't concerned at all. I'm not the kind person that you say I am.

Hatsumi: Is that so.

Koyomi: But...... to hear that you are quitting Gingaza,

Koyomi: Is a shame.

Hatsumi: If I were to stay here, I wouldn't be able to do the things that I want to.

Koyomi: If you wanted to quit, you should've quit in a more formal way. That way you would still be able to called for a guest star.

Koyomi: You were scolded by upper management right? You've been butting heads all this time, that isn't great for your public image.

Koyomi: You're a selfish person right up to the end, huh. It's not good to make unnecessary enemies.

Hatsumi: I can't help that that's how I am.

Hatsumi: I have no intent on returning, I'm going to pave my own way now.

Hatsumi: I'm going to move the hearts of viewers with my own two hands. If that means I'll make friends and enemies along the way, so be it.

Hatsumi: What do you say? Us two together......

Hatsumi: Even if I invited you, you wouldn't join, would you?

Koyomi: I wouldn't. I'm going to stay at Gingaza.

Koyomi: If only you'd just fix up your attitude and hone your act, you'd be able to help Gingaza expand.

Hatsumi: Are you going to keep defending the way Gingaza sticks to their traditions and keep delivering that? Even if it means there's a tough road ahead?

Koyomi: Always, that's always been my role after all.

Hatsumi: In that case then I guess this is farewell.

Koyomi: Right.

Koyomi: Hatsumi-san, until we meet again.

Hatsumi: You finally did it...... You called me by my first name.

Hatsumi: See ya, Koyomi. Don't push yourself too hard.

Koyomi: ......Goodbye,

Koyomi: Hatsumi-san.


Koyomi: ......How nostalgic.

Koyomi: It's already this late. I need to sleep in order to get ready for tomorrow's practice.

Koyomi: Take my sleeping pills......

Koyomi: (Being selfish nor being empathetic won't work. I have a reason to be at Gingaza, despite the harsh environment.)

Koyomi: (After all, I'm at the forefront of the troupe.)

Koyomi: (I can't afford to not make "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" a success.)

Koyomi: (The Senju line of actors, carrying the burden of being the frontpage of Gingaza, have to live up to expectations.)


Ramona: I'm going to defeat you. I'm going to become someone who can compare to Senju Koyomi, I'm going to knock you down from your place as the ace.

Koyomi: ......

Koyomi: Defeat me?

Koyomi: What an amusing person.

Koyomi: She doesn't even know what I've done to get here or how hard I needed to work.

Koyomi: Wolf-san. Your way of thinking is too naive. That naivety will make it very hard to survive in Gingaza.

Koyomi: But......

Koyomi: Why did I just remember her words just now. I wonder if I'm expecting something of her.

Koyomi: ......Ahhh, I wonder if I'm going to be able to sleep well tonight......

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Pub: 12 Dec 2023 00:03 UTC
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